GPT-5.1 (Medium) vs GPT-5 (Low)
Head-to-head OCR comparison · 171 battles · Updated May 23, 2026
In head-to-head OCR battles, GPT-5.1 (Medium) outperforms GPT-5 (Low) with a 69.6% win rate across 171 matchups. GPT-5.1 (Medium) currently ranks #12 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1504, while GPT-5 (Low) holds position #16 with an ELO of 1468. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.
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